Deconstructing Imran Khan's Taliban narrative - Farhat Taj

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Re: Deconstructing Imran Khan’s Taliban narrative - Farhat Taj

@khoji

^ Please don’t put words in my mouth. They are not sunni organizations at all. It’s obvious by seeing that they have attacked anyone who has disagreed with them regardless of their affiliation. Some of them even consider even people wanting democracy to be kafir.
I personally consider them new-kharijiites. And kharijis were neither sunni nor shia.

About distinction between sectarian outfits, Taliban, and Qaeda. The only distinction is their immediate goals but the ideology and methods they use are very much the same. This is why they cooperate with each other whenever possible.

Lastly, it is not important where we are “coming from”. What’s important is facts. No one should twist the facts based on where they are “coming from”. This is a lesson for Imran and his supporters who continue to believe in the fantasy that there was no terrorism before Pakistan actively started pursuing them.

I can understand that its not politically acceptable to use the term sunni and come up with alternative terminology but anyhow, these militant organisations have different goals, some local others sectarian, others cross border and yet others international. The reality is that there is no leader in Pakistan political or military, who is willing or feels adequaltely armed and financed to take o n all these groups militarily. As long as they can keep Pakistani mainland and people from these groups, i am fine.